December 04, 2024 05:49 GMT
SOUTH KOREA: Country Wrap: Political Turmoil Roils Markets.
SOUTH KOREA
- South Korea Opposition Party Seeks to Impeach Yoon for Treason (source: BBG).
- Bank of Korea Pledges Steps to Keep Markets Stable After Drama (source: BBG)
- Korea Times: South Korean president declares martial law claiming need to root out 'anti-state forces' (source: BBG).
- The KOSPI fell in early trading and stayed negative all day to be down -1.92%, the largest underperformer of the major indices in the region.
- The Korean Won is finishing the day at 1,410.25 having peaked at 1,428.50 at the height of the political turmoil.
- Bonds have a volatile day with intermediate maturities higher in yield and the 2YR down -8bp to 2.770%.
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